FR 03S130 — Hot Spring in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 03S130 — Hot Spring in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mammoth Ranger District

5.1 mi from Mammoth Lakes

Maps 7,703 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Inyo National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 10 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 5.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 900 ft over 5.9 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 20%.
  • Dead-ends 0.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.6: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Laurel Mountain stands 4,097 ft above the map pin, 5.5 miles south.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Within a 10-mile radius of any undeveloped campsite for a period longer than 14 consecutive days… Anywhere within the Inyo National Forest for more than 28 total days during a calendar year.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–62°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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